Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Sinai attack threatens Egypt-Hamas ties
(Adnan Abu Amer, trans. Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Myanmar's Ashin Wirathu: Five reasons for his rise
(Aparupa Bhattacherjee, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
'Caught between a hammer and an anvil': Myanmar's Rohingya 'internment camps'
(Tim Hume, CNN)
A voice in the community? The rule of law is one of the greatest of Jewish gifts to the world
(Paul Diamond, The Jerusalem Post)
Halloween not for Muslims says Malaysian fatwa council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Washington worried over suspension of "oppositional organisation" in Bahrain
(Middle East Monitor)
For Indian Jesuit, radical Hindu news service is a "tragedy" for democracy
(AsiaNews.it)
Nepalese government: No more refugees from Tibet
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Bangladesh war crimes panel sentences Islamist leader to death, prompts protests
(Serajul Quadir, Reuters)
Singapore upholds law that criminalizes gay sex
(Rujun Shen, Reuters)
Negotiations with Boko Haram a farce, says Catholic priest
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Crucifixion sentence of political dissident sparks backlash that threatens Saudi monarchy
(Catherine Shakdam, Mint Press News)
Israeli MP proposes banning Islamic prayer call
(Robert Tait, Telegraph)
ISIS is no use for the USA and threatens to destroy entire Islamic civilization
(Interfax-Religion)
Alawites find their voice against Assad
(Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
China to tighten laws to combat illegal cults
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Islam and hadiths: Sifting and combing
(B.C., The Economist: Erasmus blog)
Only Christians can show Muslims the "mad utopia" of the Islamic State
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)
The crisis in U.S.-Israel relations is officially here
(Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic)
Bangladesh Islamist party chief sentenced to death
(Julhas Alam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bangladesh, Islamic Party leader gets death sentence
(AsiaNews.it)
PM: Muslim nations held back by illiteracy
(Azura Abas, New Straits Times)
Karen Armstrong’s new rule: Religion isn’t responsible for violence
(Patricia Pearson, The Daily Beast)
China’s Xinjiang schools to discourage religion at home
(Agence France-Presse, The National)
Schools in China's Xinjiang to discourage religion at home
(First Post)
Liu Peng: PRC religious law should come from the top down [in Chinese]
(Phoenix Net)
Cuba approves first new Catholic church building in 55 years
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
St. Lawrence in Tampa helping found church in Cuba
(Paul Guzzo, The Tampa Tribune)
Pope Francis and the death of the death penalty
(Mark Gordon, Aleteia)
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Cuba to allow construction of first new Catholic church in 55 years
(Latin America News Dispatch)
The lunacy of Libya: How militiamen are destroying the dream of democracy
(Al Bawaba News)
Trick or treat? Fatwa Council bars Muslims from celebrating Halloween
(Malay Mail Online)
Today's must-read faith and family stories 2014.10.28
(Herb Scirbner, Deseret News National Edition | Media)
Boko Haram kidnaps 30 boys and girls in village raid; Nigerian government insists negotiations can continue
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
SAP-PK for law against forced conversion and marriages
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Is it another Great Awakening?
(Donald Devine, Library of Law and Liberty)
The foreign policy essay: The Sectarian Apocalypse
(William McCants, Brookings Institute)
Religious freedom linked to peace, finds new global study
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Colorado father was anguished when daughter fled to join Islamic State
(Jesse Paul, The Denver Post)
A Global Statistical Analysis on the Empirical Link between Peace and Religion: 5 key questions
(Research conducted by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in conjunction with the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Institute for Economics & Peace)
Uttar Pradesh: 310 Christians "reconverted" to Hinduism with threats
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Tibetan Buddhist monk sentenced to 12 years for "separatism"
(AsiaNews.it)
Working to heal, in Israeli town with a deep Arab wound
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Iraqi Shiites warily greet new year, watch for suicide bombers
(David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times)
Nigeria says Boko Haram negotiations are 'ongoing'
(BBC News)
Kazakhstan: UN review to highlight abuses
(Eurasia Review)
Kazakhstan court upholds elementary school's ban on Muslim headscarf for 6-year old
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sectarian wedge pushes from Syria into Lebanon
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
Head of polygamist cult Ratzon sentenced to 30 years in prison
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
U.N. Security Council to meet on eastern Jerusalem tensions, Israeli building plans
(JTA)
Israeli cult leader sentenced to 30 years in prison
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cuba builds first new church in 55 years
(Andera Rodriguez, Associated Press)
Pakistan: Religion’s role in state affairs
(Saifur Rehman, Daily Times)
Pakistan: Questions about the blasphemy law
(Yasser Latif Hamdani, Daily Times)
Camps bring further danger to Rohingya Muslims fleeing potential genocide in Burma
(Nic Dunlop, Newsweek)
Refugees fleeing Iraq Christian torment enter Jordan in droves
(Presbyterian Church USA)
Pope delivers mini-encyclical on poor, environment
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Christians of Mosul find haven in Jordan
(Rana F. Sweis, The New York Times)
Iran: Stop targeting rights lawyer: Sotoudeh arrest, ban bodes ill for profession
(Human Rights Watch)
When Iran hanged a woman for killing her rapist, it showed how senseless all capital punishment is: Whatever really happened, Reyhaneh Jabbari deserved to live
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Malaysian Muslims feel heat for petting dogs, and social media bites back
(Darshini Kandasamy, Religion News Service)
Indonesian scholar says Malaysia's Allah ruling one of confusion
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Christians and Hindus discern common ways of working for justice and peace
((Conference in Dhulikhel, Nepal, organized by the WCC in collaboration with the India Peace Centre in Nagpur and the National Council of Churches in Nepal), World Council of Churches)
Concern over recent developments in Pakistan’s Asia Bibi case
(World Council of Churches)
World church body troubled at death sentence against Pakistan's Asia Bibi
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
WCC statement to influence thinking in mission education
(World Council of Churches)
Turkmenistan: Eight prisoners of conscience amnestied
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Turkmenistan to free conscientious objectors
(AsiaNews.it)
China to tighten laws to combat illegal cults
(Reuters)
China says Afghan president vows to help China fight extremists
(Michael Martina, Reuters)
Taiwan reaches out to Vatican as relations with Beijing cool
(Breitbart)
Chinese government does not tolerate Muslim jihad, executes 13 terrorists
(Inquisitr)
Taiwan — a bridge between the Vatican and China
(Focus Taiwan)
Well-known Tibetan religious leader sentenced to two years in prison [Simplified Chinese]
(Huang Anwei, The New York Times [Chinese])
China continues to demolish crosses, harass churches, watchdog group reports
(Dave Bohon, The New American)
Beijing’s unexpected Muslim enclave
(Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Travel)
Hindu group urges withdrawal of Lord Vishnu beer of Brazil
(Eurasia Review)
Tunisian Islamists concede election defeat to secular party
(Tarek Amara and Patrick Markey, Reuters)
Monday, 27 October 2014
Why discrimination is not always wrong
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
Tunisia boldly embraces democracy
(Jackson Diehl, The Washington Post Opinions)
For Sri Lankan Catholics, the Synod on the Family was "distant from the problems of the Third World"
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
More violence in Chhattisgarh: 40 Hindu radicals attack a Christian community
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
More than 100 thousand Rohingya Muslims flee persecution and violence in Myanmar
(AsiaNews.it)
Jakarta: Jokowi government includes a woman and a Catholic, "attentive to ministers moral record"
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Jerusalem: as tensions grow so do racism and settlements
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)
Kyrgyz government to require religions to register or fold
(AsiaNews.it)
Headscarf ban in West Kazakhstan prevents girl from entering school
(Dinara Urazova, Tengri News)
Vietnamese Catholics protest against Don Da reclamation project
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
As Lone Wolf terrorists attack US, Canada & UK, self-reliance life skills may be an antidote
(The Weekly Number)
Brazil: In a Catholic stronghold, Evangelicals flexing their political power
(Jaxon Plautz, National Journal)
Iran executes Reyhaneh Jabbari despite global appeals for retrial
(Chris Johnson and agencies, The Guardian)
The U.S. Commitment to Religious Freedom Abroad: Honoring International Religious Freedom Day
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Want to prevent threats like ISIS? Religious freedom key, Katrina Lantos Swett says
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
World must pressure North Korea on human rights
(Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, The Seattle Times)
Minority religions in the Middle East under threat, need protection
(Simon Worrall, National Geographic)
ISIS leaders threaten fighters who want to leave the Islamic State and return to their homeland
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Isis is a monster created by many countries. It requires an international solution
(Abolhassan Banisadr, The Guardian)
Animal rights activists want Nepal's sacrifice festival stopped
(Bibek Bhandari, South China Morning Post)
KKK outfit worn in Australia Muslim veil protest
(BBC News)
Jordan arrests influential al Qaeda scholar for 'incitement'
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
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